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India says Pakistan must drop ‘terror’ for friendly ties
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Taliban
Pakistan: Militants ‘surrounded convoy’ before destroying trucks with rockets
Jordanian al Qaeda operative killed in Afghanistan
Abu Kandahar al Zarqawi was an administrator at the jihadist Al Hesbah forum and an associate of Abu Dujanah al Khurasani, the suicide bomber who carried out the suicide attack against the CIA at Combat Outpost Chapman in Khost province.
Al Qaeda-linked Taliban leader reported killed in Khyber Predator strike
Ibn Amin, the leader of the Tora Bora Brigade in Swat, was killed in one of three Predator strikes in Khyber on Dec. 17.
Taliban
Pakistan – Religious extremism rears its head in Sindh
Taliban attack Afghan army bases in Kabul, Kunduz
The Taliban claimed the two attacks, which targeted army recruitment centers. Thirteen soldiers and policemen were killed in the assaults.
United States
Pakistani intelligence official denies agency role in revealing name of CIA station chief
Quetta Shura ‘inspector’ killed in the Afghan north
Map of Afghanistan’s provinces. Click map to view larger image. Special operations forces took out a senior Taliban “inspector” in an airstrike in northern Afghan province of Badghis. From the ISAF press release: Coalition forces conducted a precision air strike in Bala Murghab district in Badghis province, killing a senior Taliban leader Dec. 17. Mullah […]
Yemen
The four Americans who escaped an attack at a cafe in Sana’a worked for the CIA. US counterterrorism adviser John Brennan said al Qaeda in Yemen poses a larger threat to the West than the Pakistan branch.
Iran
The Chairman of the US Joint Chief of Staff Admiral Mullen said Iran is still pursuing nuclear weapons, and said the US is prepared to deal with Iranian aggression. Pakistan said it would cooperate with Iraq in investigating the Chabahar suicide attack.
Al Qaeda
Pakistani role is suspected in revealing US spy’s name
Thoughts on AfPak strategy review
The Obama administration has released a five-page summary of its annual strategy review on Afghanistan and Pakistan. In our view, the document is mostly ho-hum with no really major revelations or insights. The surge of military forces in Afghanistan is definitely having some positive effects in that country. But there is scant evidence that Pakistan’s […]
On the Afghanistan assessment
I haven’t had time to write about the Afghanistan assessment as I have spent a lot of time on the subject discussing it on the radio or with reporters. Honestly, there is little that is new or surprising in the assessment [see Tom’s assessment and discussion on the problem with Pakistan here, with which I […]
China
Pakistani economist: China is a more reliable trading partner than the US
US Predators launch 3 more strikes in Khyber, killing 54 ‘terrorists’
The last four strikes have taken place in Khyber, signaling a possible shift in targeting from North Waziristan, where attacks have been focused.
Afghanistan
Pakistan – 67% want military operation in North Waziristan: poll
Al Qaeda
US struggles to root out militants in Pakistani madrassa
Al Qaeda
Report shows how Pakistan still bedevils Obama
Analysis: ‘Lady al Qaeda’ in propaganda
Top al Qaeda ideologue Abu Yahya al Libi has released a new tape imploring Muslims to wage jihad on behalf of Aafia Siddiqui. It is the second such tape released by al Qaeda in recent months.
US Predators kill 7 Taliban fighters in Khyber
The strike in Khyber is just the second in the vital tribal agency this year.
AQAP operative Fahd al Quso denies reports of his death
Quso granted an interview with a Saudi newspaper from his mountain stronghold in Yemen’s Shabwa province.
Afghanistan
Mustafa Abu Yazid, al Qaeda’s chief ideologue, called on Pakistanis to attack US interests in their country to avenge the imprisonment of Aafia Siddiqui. Yazid said Pakistanis should attack US airplanes, buildings, and convoys moving supplies and fuel into Afghanistan.
‘White’ Britons reported killed in North Waziristan strike
From The Telegraph, via Channel Four News, comes this report that two “white” Britons were killed in the Dec. 10 Predator strike in the village of Khadar Khel in the Datta Khel area of South Waziristan: A pair of white British Muslim converts who joined al-Qaeda have been killed in a drone attack in a […]
Al Qaeda in Iraq
Senior Iraqi security officials said that al Qaeda in Iraq is involved in a plot to carry out attacks in Europe and the US during the Christmas season. The cell, which included a Tunisian, was receiving direct orders from al Qaeda’s central leadership in Pakistan.
United Kingdom
A court was told that Abid Naseer, a Pakistani citizen, planned to carry out a bombing in Manchester in April 2009 as part of al Qaeda’s plot to carry out attacks in Europe and the US. The US is seeking the extradition of Naseer for his involvement with al Qaeda.
Jundallah claims suicide attack at Iranian mosque
The suicide attack today killed 41 people. Jundallah claimed that the suicide bombers targeted Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
ISAF targets Taliban’s shadow government in Nangarhar
Special operations forces captured the shadow governor of Sherzad, a Taliban and al Qaeda haven in the Afghan east.
Afghanistan
Former US envoy in Afghanistan worried about insurgent havens in Pakistan
US Predators kill 4 ‘rebels’ in North Waziristan strike
The attack took place in an area under the control of the Haqqani Network.
Afghanistan
Pakistan: Petraeus makes visit to discuss anti-insurgency strategy